Morning journal and courier., 1887-01-12
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
mob LAW AT TRENTON.
Fighting And Disorder In
The House.
THE MEMBERS COME TO BLOWS.
Governor Albeit Calls In
The Police.
THE QUEENS NAME KISSED.
An Exciting Scene In Old
England.

England.
LAWMAKERS ON THEIR MUSCLE
DisgracefaI scenes i'm the House o
Representatives at Trenton-Mem
| bers Pummel Each Other and tn,
| Police are Called in-Mob Law or
the Floor and Rival Speakers Hav.
a.SIugging Match.
TRENTON, N. j., Ja1L 1.-THE creates
fight that the New Jersey legislature eve1
experienced took place to day at the State
| House. Probably nothing in the history Of
any State ever equalled it. Party prejudice
personal feeling and dislike overpowered al
courtesy and good fellowship and the Assem-
bly, chamber became the scene of most dis
| graceful riot At two distinct times mot
| law prevailed in the assembly and on the sec.
| ond occasion order was only restored after 8
hand to hand fight by hasty adjournment.
| The caucus of the Democratic Senators wa.
| held at the State House at 11o'clook and re-
| suited in its nomination of the following
| officers: President, J. E. Moore, of Warren;
| secretary, j. Fl. Laird, Monmouth; assistant
l
sergeant alarms, John G.. Smith, Hud
son. The Republican Senators held
their caucus at the Trenton House
| at the same hour. They nominated
Frederick S. Fish, Essex, as president; Sec
rotary P. B. Reading, Hunterdon; assistant
secretary, A. v. D. Honeyman, Somerset;
sergeant-at- arms, Thurman Richardson,
Cape May. AS the Republicans have ma
jority in the Senate they will elect their tick
et The Republican assemblymen met in
the Senate chamber at II, but adjourned
without nominating any officers. The labor
men joined neither caucus. The Democrats
held their caucus in the Assembly chamber
at IL. They overreached themselves by
forming a ombination Of Hudson, Camden
and Sussex counties and three dissatisfied
members, Baird of Warren, Wolverton and
Arneweine from Hunterdon: after expressing
their disapproval, left the caucus and could
not be persuaded to return. The caucus
soon adjourned, but reassembled at p. IA.
without the disaffected members.
Promptly at o'clock the minority assem-
blymen presented themselves at the doors of
the chamber where the Democratic caucus was
being held and demanded entrance. This
was refused, but the doors were forced and
the assemblyman backed by crowd pushed
into the chamber and filled it, the galleries
being also filed in an instant with an over
whelming mass of people. All was confusion
and the cries of the chairman, James Beck
with, for order and to clear the room were
greeted with boots and yells of derision
The spectators applauded and acted in an
outrageous manner, urging the minority to
STAY. When brief silence wss gained Mr.
A Of ho CT oEor of he
addressed the chair as iMr. Chairman of the
Democratic caucus and demanded by law
their right to occupy their seats, as O'Clock
was the time of opening legislation. This was
denied by the chairman, who said that the
law specified only the day, not the
hour of organizing, that the Democratic eau
Gus was not finished and that they proposed
to remain until they had finished. He then
asked the people to retire, but was only
laughed at A wordy battle followed between
Armstrong and Noonan. a Democrat. Finally
another appeal was made to the people and
the House was cleared. The Republicans
also retired Then came the fun. While the
Democrats continued their caucus and were
fixing up their ticket the Repu blicans got to-
gether in the Speakers room. They secured
the disaffscted Democrats and the two Labor
men, which gave them majority and made
up a ticket: Speaker, DR.. Baird of Warren,
Oem.); clerk, S. J. Atkinson, lex Dem J;
assistant clerk, Hobart Potts of Hudson,
rep; journal clerk, James O'Rrien of Pas
sale, Oem.); sergeant-at-arms, Terrence
Macdonald of Hudson, iDem) assistant
sergeant-at-arms, James Wilmer Labor;
engrossing clerk, Holt Stockton Labor;
document clerk. George R. Johnson R and
y; keeper of ladies' gallery, William Bur-
goyne Iabor); keeper of gentlemen's gallery
Frank Mccartney (Labor).
After being sworn in the majority effected |
an entrance to the Assembly cham Der and |
HI rfaH hn yIvr ofol
Speaker, DIR. Baird, to the chair, then occu-
pied by Chairman Beckwith of tbs Demo |
cratic caucus, which was still in session. Dr.
Baird took the seat and then began an I'M |
seemly struggle between Beckwith and |
Baird. The former tried to eject Baird, but |
who maintained him in his position In the |
struggle the chair was thrown from the plat |
form and several members engaged in fist |
fight. Three policemen sent by the Cover
nor tried to quell the disturbance |
and eject the members, directing their atten-
sergeant at arms. They lifted him from his |
feet and carried him towards the door when |
be was rescued by his friends. Meanwhile |
the struggle on the platform was going on,
but Baird's friends prevailed and he kept the |
chair. In the midst of the riot Armstrong
at the top of his voice made a motion to adj
journ, which was somehow carried. At this |
moment the doors were burst open and the |
nearly frantic crowd rushed in and from the |
mere press of the mob the battle was stopped.
During nearly all this turmoil the galleries
were filled with people who cheered the COM
batants in the arena below. The defeated |
Democrats now enraged began to talk in loud
tones and attempted to renew the conflict,
but the Republicans withdrew followed by |
large crowds of congratulating friends and
the assembly chamber was soon cleared.
Dr. Baird said that the Democrats thought
bav con1d on vrifhnut in l
ing, but found their mistake. He was high
ly elated and received the congratulations
that poured in upon him joyously. Mac
Donald says that the officers who tried to
eject him, the lawfully elected and sworn
sergeant at arms, at the demand of the mi
nority will suffer for it. The triumphant
side are jubilant and the hotel corridors are
thronged with politicians. The House meets
to- morrow at 10 O'Clock when another lively |
time is expected. The Senate adjourned
until p. m. to morrow after roll call. No
business of any kind was transacted to-day.
Tue present state of affairs makes Governor /
Abbott's chance very slim and General Sc
we'll is very confident of success. Few are
willing to venture an opinion on the situa-
ton. DR.. Baird 10 from Washington, N. j.,
was born at Knowlton, Warren county ,Octo-
Der 2, 1S49, and is a physician. He spent
three or four years on the frontier with the
United States exploring md surveying expo
dition. He studied medicine at Bellevue
hospital, New York city. For two years he
was county physician of Warren county and
was chief of the Washington fire commits
sioners for one year.
Murder at tho stock Yards.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 11.-Yucatan Marstella
and Alex Steele, both employed at the Union
Stock yards in the northern part Of the city,
quarrelled at 10 o'clock this morning. A
fight ensued, during the progress OF which
MarstelIa drew revolver and fred three
shots point blank at his antagonist. Steele
fell shot through the heart and died instant
". Steele had a family somewhere in Mis-.
souri,. Marstella was arrested and locked |
up.
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